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Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Newsbite: US Meningitis Outbreak Index Case Details

The New England Journal of Medicine has published the index case for the fungal meningitis outbreak. This is the first typical case reported in the outbreak and it describes infection by Aspergillus fumigatus. There are clear images of the consequences of the injection of contaminated steroid - infection of the central nervous system including the brain more...